Alaska earthquakes

M1.8 earthquake 72 km S of False Pass, Alaska

A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 72 km S of False Pass, Alaska on Wed, Oct 12, 2022, 6:17 AM AKDT (14:17 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.0 Unimak Island region, Alaska. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
1.8 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2022-10-12 14:17:44 UTC
Depth
23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
54.205° N, 163.496° W
Region
Alaska
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Stations used
19

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 159 in the 60 days after this one and 73 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.989 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 35 km deep · 17 km away
  2. 1.7102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1445 days ago · 41 km deep · 68 km away
  3. 1.681 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  4. 4.0Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1444 days ago · 35 km deep · 81 km away
  5. 1.875 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 41 km deep · 74 km away
  6. 3.2158 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 26 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 1.921 km SW of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 11 km deep · 56 km away
  8. 1.724 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 24 km deep · 49 km away
  9. 1.964 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1443 days ago · 58 km deep · 16 km away
  10. 2.184 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1442 days ago · 3 km deep · 85 km away
  11. 1.742 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 2.6114 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 35 km deep · 42 km away
  13. 1.543 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
  14. 1.8102 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 34 km deep · 56 km away
  15. 1.645 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1441 days ago · 56 km deep · 96 km away
  16. 1.986 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 40 km deep · 84 km away
  17. 2.233 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  18. 2.7123 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1440 days ago · 35 km deep · 63 km away
  19. 2.099 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 23 km deep · 52 km away
  20. 1.968 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 18 km deep · 81 km away
  21. 3.179 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  22. 1.985 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 14 km deep · 41 km away
  23. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1439 days ago · 11 km deep · 45 km away
  24. 2.796 km SE of False Pass, Alaska · 1438 days ago · 35 km deep · 66 km away
  25. 1.926 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 13 km deep · 47 km away
  26. 1.8109 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  27. 2.1152 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 10 km deep · 83 km away
  28. 1.630 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1436 days ago · 17 km deep · 44 km away
  29. 1.988 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 63 km deep · 36 km away
  30. 1.541 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
  31. 1.552 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1435 days ago · 13 km deep · 74 km away
  32. 2.8Unimak Island region, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  33. 2.185 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 53 km deep · 98 km away
  34. 2.172 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 77 km deep · 8 km away
  35. 2.6131 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 60 km away
  36. 2.688 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
  37. 2.7115 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 35 km deep · 62 km away
  38. 2.6116 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1433 days ago · 29 km deep · 63 km away
  39. 2.591 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 35 km deep · 84 km away
  40. 3.3118 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1432 days ago · 10 km deep · 52 km away
  41. 2.192 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 20 km deep · 43 km away
  42. 2.083 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 13 km deep · 68 km away
  43. 2.176 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 26 km deep · 80 km away
  44. 3.0158 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 95 km away
  45. 2.875 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 94 km away
  46. 3.1131 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 27 km deep · 65 km away
  47. 2.9138 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1431 days ago · 35 km deep · 73 km away
  48. 2.9127 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 35 km deep · 61 km away
  49. 2.778 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 31 km deep · 79 km away
  50. 2.196 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1430 days ago · 26 km deep · 60 km away
  51. 2.8110 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 35 km deep · 97 km away
  52. 2.543 km ESE of False Pass, Alaska · 1429 days ago · 19 km deep · 69 km away
  53. 2.087 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  54. 2.7103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1428 days ago · 35 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.870 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 71 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 2.189 km SE of Akutan, Alaska · 1427 days ago · 26 km deep · 97 km away
  57. 2.0100 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1426 days ago · 25 km deep · 90 km away
  58. 1.938 km E of False Pass, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 79 km deep · 82 km away
  59. 2.544 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 83 km deep · 28 km away
  60. 2.641 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1425 days ago · 70 km deep · 37 km away

The first 60 of 159.

Before

  1. 2.569 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 35 km deep · 70 km away
  2. 1.6103 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1446 days ago · 26 km deep · 33 km away
  3. 1.985 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 25 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 2.1100 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 35 km deep · 29 km away
  5. 2.067 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1447 days ago · 71 km deep · 81 km away
  6. 1.754 km SSW of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 52 km deep · 74 km away
  7. 1.779 km SSE of King Cove, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 16 km deep · 96 km away
  8. 2.080 km ENE of Akutan, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 91 km deep · 72 km away
  9. 2.0111 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 42 km deep · 46 km away
  10. 2.7116 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1448 days ago · 35 km deep · 49 km away
  11. 1.994 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1449 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  12. 1.642 km SSE of False Pass, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 62 km deep · 40 km away
  13. 1.684 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 64 km deep · 65 km away
  14. 2.077 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1450 days ago · 30 km deep · 85 km away
  15. 1.7106 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 20 km deep · 51 km away
  16. 1.977 km ESE of Akutan, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 25 km deep · 80 km away
  17. 1.996 km S of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 27 km deep · 25 km away
  18. 1.781 km S of King Cove, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 22 km deep · 81 km away
  19. 1.798 km SSW of False Pass, Alaska · 1451 days ago · 25 km deep · 48 km away
  20. 1.984 km E of Akutan, Alaska · 1452 days ago · 64 km deep · 64 km away

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